Amazing Baking Soda

 A while back I found this ginormous bag of baking soda while shopping at my favorite wholesale club. I remembered seeing several pins on Pinterest about all of the amazing uses for baking soda, so I picked it up thinking I'd give it a try around the house. It sat in the cupboard for a month or two before I finally got around to trying anything with it.

A post about using baking soda to clean your oven glass popped up in my Facebook newsfeed, so I gave it a try. You basically make a runny paste and apply it thickly to the oven glass. I left it on for about 40 minutes, even though the directions said you could do as little as 15 minutes. After about 40 minutes I used a sponge and a towel to wipe it all away and shine it up. It worked out pretty great! I was intrigued.

Then this past weekend my family and I took a day trip to a spring. We brought our new water cooler, which we'd never tested out before. Unfortunately, the cooler leaked all over our trunk and my van smelled pretty funky the next morning. I decided to try more baking soda. I used several cups and sprinkled lavender essential oil over the top of each cup before sprinkling it all over the carpet of the van. I let it sit over night and then vacuumed it all up. It's been days and my van still smells of fresh lavender. I'm thrilled!

A few days ago, I awoke to a nasty little surprise in my closet. The cat had peed on the only carpet left in the whole house! So I tried the carpet trick again in the house. I searched oils to deter cats from peeing(lavender and citrus) and added those to the baking soda this time. The baking soda soaked the cat urine right out of the carpet! The odor was a little too serious for it to be completely solved in one treatment, but it is still pretty amazing!
If you'd like to try cleaning with baking soda here is a link with 50 awesome ideas. I love that it is all natural and safe for my family and pets.  

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